{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2023-53635", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-10-07T15:16:59.657Z", "datePublished": "2025-10-07T15:19:36.973Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-07T15:19:36.973Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-07T15:19:36.973Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value\n\n(struct nf_conn)->timeout is an interval before the conntrack\nconfirmed. After confirmed, it becomes a timestamp.\n\nIt is observed that timeout of an unconfirmed conntrack:\n- Set by calling ctnetlink_change_timeout(). As a result,\n `nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly added to `ct->timeout` twice.\n- Get by calling ctnetlink_dump_timeout(). As a result,\n `nfct_time_stamp` was wrongly subtracted.\n\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl\n ctnetlink_dump_timeout\n __ctnetlink_glue_build\n ctnetlink_glue_build\n __nfqnl_enqueue_packet\n nf_queue\n nf_hook_slow\n ip_mc_output\n ? __pfx_ip_finish_output\n ip_send_skb\n ? __pfx_dst_output\n udp_send_skb\n udp_sendmsg\n ? __pfx_ip_generic_getfrag\n sock_sendmsg\n\nSeparate the 2 cases in:\n- Setting `ct->timeout` in __nf_ct_set_timeout().\n- Getting `ct->timeout` in ctnetlink_dump_timeout().\n\nPablo appends:\n\nUpdate ctnetlink to set up the timeout _after_ the IPS_CONFIRMED flag is\nset on, otherwise conntrack creation via ctnetlink breaks.\n\nNote that the problem described in this patch occurs since the\nintroduction of the nfnetlink_queue conntrack support, select a\nsufficiently old Fixes: tag for -stable kernel to pick up this fix."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h", "net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c"], "versions": [{"version": "a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757", "lessThan": "80c5ba0078e20d926d11d0778f9a43902664ebf0", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757", "lessThan": "ff5e4ac8dd7be7f1faba955c5779a68571eeb0f8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757", "lessThan": "f612ae1ab4793701caf39386fb3b7f4b3ef44e48", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a4b4766c3cebb4018167e06b863d8e95b7274757", "lessThan": "73db1b8f2bb6725b7391e85aab41fdf592b3c0c1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.h", "net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c"], "versions": [{"version": "4.4", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "4.4", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.28", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.2.15", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.3.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.28"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.15"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.2"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "4.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.4"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80c5ba0078e20d926d11d0778f9a43902664ebf0"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff5e4ac8dd7be7f1faba955c5779a68571eeb0f8"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f612ae1ab4793701caf39386fb3b7f4b3ef44e48"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73db1b8f2bb6725b7391e85aab41fdf592b3c0c1"}], "title": "netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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